What should I do if the system forces me to copy books?

[The answer to this question, you will know soon! 】

Chapter 37

The sudden completion of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" really disrupted the original plans and plans of many Longteng Chinese websites. The contract they signed with Li Chungang did not indicate the number of words and the time to complete the book. This is their freedom.

For Li Chungang, and for the pseudonym Zhichun Zhigang, after the completion of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", he is basically a free man, and the next real headache should be the management of Longteng Chinese.com.

Apart from Lehuang's focus on women's novels and being unmoved, the rest of Jiaxing, Chuangwen, and China Entertainment's three novel websites stared at Li Chungang with bright eyes. Her next novel can be as popular as "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", but...

There has never been a business that is sure to make a profit without losing money in business!

If you want to gain greater benefits, you must have the courage to take correspondingly greater risks.

As early as when the book "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" was first revealed, major websites had already organized large and small editorial meetings to discuss, study, and even split its core content. Tomb robbery novels are springing up like mushrooms after rain.

It’s just that you can’t even think about something as powerful as "Ghost Blowing the Lantern". Those Years of Tomb Raiders in the Immortal World" etc...

Don’t tell me, there are quite a few popular works among them. The combination of the latest genre and the powerful combination of brain-opening, coupled with the refreshing rhythm of this type of short essay, has really attracted a lot of people. Batch of readers and fans.

This phenomenon of driving a large amount of profits with all the Ns has strengthened the hearts of other websites to win over the author Zhichun Zhigang. Even if they don't even know a word of the new book yet, they are willing to gamble on this possibility. sex!

"The boss has only one request, that is, the film and television copyright of the new book must be left to us to operate on our own, and the other party can make other conditions at will! After the meeting is over, you can ask your editors to find a way to contact the other party. Who can successfully win over the other party? To Chun Zhigang, this year's year-end bonus should be at least six figures!"

——【China Entertainment Network Literature Department】

"This is an excellent opportunity for us to catch up with Longteng, so it is imperative to attract Zhichun Zhigang's next new book to our website. The boss has spoken. Whoever wants to complete this task will be promoted immediately!"

——[Chuangwen Novel Network]

"Games and online novels have always been the two carriages of our company running side by side, but in recent years we have made a major effort in terms of games, why have we become submissive when it comes to novels?

But which type of Zhichun Zhigang's next new book will be, and which group of editors can poach the other party from the Longteng Chinese website, and the entire group will have a bonus this year! "

——【Jiaxing Network Company Network Novel Department】

This is because the management of the three giants except Longteng Chinese.com promised to make a lot of money to the editors below. The promises made by the smaller and smaller websites are even more exaggerated. What year-end profit dividends, what can directly sit on the The position of the editor-in-chief and so on.

Anyway, no matter how much I say, there is one and only one meaning: I will try my best to dig Zhichun Zhigang to my website!

Of course, the most urgent thing to worry about now is not their novel website companies that want to poach the wall, but Longteng Chinese Network, because they need to start having a headache how to keep the next book of Zhichun Zhigang at home, and let the other party feel to sincerity.

"I think we can reach an agreement with the publishing house on the publication of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" as soon as possible. This can be regarded as a temporary good sign for our first cooperation. As for the future film and television adaptation rights, that is a matter of the future. gone."

As the No.1 on Longteng Chinese.com, except for the few two or three major leaders of the company, what the editor-in-chief Hua Chen said is still very important on Longteng Chinese.com.

"I think I can give the other party a great god appointment. The current performance of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" alone is enough to be worthy of the status of a great god, not to mention that there will be a wave of omni-channel recommendations in the future. Gang is fully strapped to our chariot!"

The editor-in-chief of the suspense category stood up and suggested that, after all, Li Chungang's first book "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" made his fortune on their suspense channel, and as the editor-in-chief of the suspense category, he should stand up and fight for his interests.

And he is not completely selfless, if the other party's next new book is still a suspense category, the current small investment can be exchanged for huge profits, why not do it.

"Appointment to the Great God for the second book, isn't it a bit too hasty? There are many cases where the first book enshrines the gods and the second book breaks the godhead. I think we can be more cautious!"

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there will naturally be fights!Even a small conference above the editor-in-chief level of Longteng Chinese Network will exist.

The sports category and the suspense category are both one of the unpopular niche categories. The editor-in-chief of the sports channel and the editor-in-chief of the suspense category have always been very at odds. They both feel that the other party has encroached on their limited recommendation resources. kind of.

This time the suspense has come out to the purest and the brightest, and the book "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" is published. The editor-in-chief of the sports channel is so envious and jealous, but he has nothing to do with the other party. He can't do anything about such a good opportunity at this meeting. Mind a little bit to add insult to injury!

The editor-in-chief Brilliance Hua Chen, who sat at the top of the middle, rested his hands on the conference table and held his chin. He listened to the suggestions of each editor-in-chief below in his mind, and ignored the quarrels at all. He would make further progress after integrating and unifying these contents. deliberate thinking...

In Brilliance's opinion, the suggestions put forward by several editors are very good. The publication plan of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" has always been the top priority in their work plan, especially when publishing novels, whether it is the other publishing house or their website, Or the author himself, is beneficial and harmless.

In fact, up to now, the negotiations between the website and the three major publishing houses have reached a stalemate, and it depends on who can't help it in the end.

In addition, there are industry rules, and the publishing industry also has their own rules. Regardless of how popular a book is, as long as it is the first time a newcomer is published, their publishing house will have a corresponding price for the newcomer!

There is a way to buy out the entire book directly; there is a way to share royalties.

Generally, the royalties for the first book published by newcomers will normally be between 3-7%, and for well-known authors, it will be 15%-18% or higher.Of course, the level of the royalties ultimately depends on the number of printing presses.

Chapter 38

The first round of negotiations for the publication of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern".

"Publication fee of 500 thousand words, plus 5% royalties for newcomers!"

The second round of negotiations for the publication of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern".

"The publication fee of 1000 thousand words, plus the 7% royalties of the highest treatment for newcomers, and the promise of our publishing house to give priority to publishing the works of this author in the future!"

The third round of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" publishing negotiations.

"..."

The fifth round of "Ghost Blowing Lantern" publishing negotiations.

"[-]. Our publishing house enjoys exclusive agency rights and priority publishing rights for the author's next work.

二、版权费最高我们可以给到千字1200的基础标准，再加上阶梯式的版税分成。如果在30万册以内，就是最低标准的5%版税；在30万册到100万册，10%的版税；超过100万册的话我们可以给到悬疑类书籍的最高版税17%。

Editor-in-Chief Hua, this is the highest sincerity our publishing house can offer, and I believe no other publishing association can offer better conditions than me! "

Within a week, Longteng Chinese.com had a total of five rounds of negotiations with domestic publishing houses that it had cooperated with. There was a one-day interval between the first two times, and almost once a day for the next three times. Silk's interests are competing.

During the first round of negotiations, the conditions put forward by Longteng Chinese.com have already dissuaded 99% of the publishers who intend to publish. Professionals, dare not gamble on this profit!

In the second round, there are more than a dozen or twenty publishers who are still insisting, and most of these publishing houses are at the first-class level.

In the fourth round, only the top three publishing houses in China were still able to persist in the negotiation, but the ranking of the top three may soon undergo a round of reshuffling.

Manjinghua Publishing House, which has always been a well-deserved No. [-] publishing house, is at the most uncertain stage because of the internal and external troubles of the publishing house.

The sudden death of the old chairman, Dong Chengwen, caught the Dong family by surprise. In addition, the shareholders on the board of directors, large and small, were divided into factions with their own ideas.

The new chairman, Dong Sicheng, is just a boy who has not yet graduated from university. If he wants connections, he has no connections, and he wants prestige. , I am not willing to believe that a brat can support Man Jinghua.

If the mutual restraint among internal shareholders is an internal worry, then the continuous hoes from other publishing houses are the lingering shadow of foreign aggression!

From Dong Sicheng taking over as the chairman to the present, in less than half a year, three teams in the publishing house have been poached one after another. These are not just three dispensable people, but hundreds of experienced and well-connected people in Manjinghua Publishing House. Head, if you change those small publishing houses, just one team is enough to support the whole publishing house!

The departure of the three teams this time can be said to have hurt Man Jinghua Publishing House. The most annoying thing for Dong Sicheng is that it was the same publishing house that poached the entire three teams of their publishing house——Yonghe Culture Publishing House.

Yonghe Culture Publishing House ranks third among domestic publishing houses. Although this ranking is often questioned by the industry, most publishing houses dare not speak out.

Regardless of the name of Yonghe Cultural Publishing House, it seems that it has a lot of cultural background. They have a boss who is full of tricks and likes to play some tricks outside the box.

"Chairman, isn't the condition you set for the book "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" a bit out of the rules?"

"That's right. I just sat in that seat and I can't wait to break the rules set in the past. If I let you sit for a long time, will you still have it?"

"I think young people should be more cautious!"

"Ha ha."

Snapped! ! !

Dong Sicheng slapped the table hard, looking around at the expressions on the faces of every shareholder with vicious eyes, wanting to see a trace of embarrassment from the faces of these nasty old guys, it was just a dream!

To be old and not to die is to be a thief. At their current age, to put it bluntly, they have eaten more salt than Dong Sicheng has traveled. A yellow-mouthed child who has not grown all his hair opens his mouth and keeps saying that he will teach them how to do things. .

Bah~

"As long as the shareholders of the board of directors support me, plus the 36% shares held by our Dong family, and more than 51% of the shares in one day, then I, Dong Sicheng, will be the chairman of Manjinghua Publishing House in one day! Listen to me, understand?

I have already offered the conditions to Longteng Chinese Network, and I can guarantee that the other party will not reject my conditions!

I only have one request for you, and that is to fully cooperate with the publication and publicity of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern". If this book fails to sell 100 million copies, I will voluntarily resign from the chairmanship! "

"really!?"

"Xiao Dong, you are so confused, how can you be so impulsive in this kind of thing."

"..."

As soon as these words came out, Dong Sicheng was equivalent to issuing a "military order" in front of all shareholders, which meant that whether he could secure his position as the chairman of the board would depend on whether "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" was really that good , so many readers are willing to pay!

"Okay! We promise you that we will never trip you up in the publication of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", but we also hope that you can keep your promise in the end."

Wow, the members of the board of directors left in a hurry, and the remaining three were hardcore supporters of their Dong family. Seeing Dong Sicheng's immature and resolute face, they opened their mouths, and those words that wanted to persuade each other I can't say anything.

"Uncles, don't worry, when my dad started the whole Manjinghua from nothing, I dare not say that he did better than my dad, but it's definitely not bad. Just look at it, "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" is our counterattack best horn!"

In fact, just as Dong Sicheng had expected, after Longteng Chinese Network received the conditions quoted by him, they did not have the slightest intention to continue bargaining, so they agreed on the spot.

Of course, this is still a preliminary mutual agreement reached by the two parties on publishing matters!

In the signing contract of "Ghost Blowing Lantern", it is clearly stated that the author Zhichun Zhigang will hand over the copyright management of "Ghost Blowing Lantern" to Longteng Chinese Network, but the final signature must be completed by the author himself.

and so……

The newcomer Natto came to the editor-in-chief's office for the first time, and stood in front of the editor-in-chief Brilliance for the first time, pinching the corners of his clothes with his lowered hands, feeling a little uneasy and nervous, and of course it was more about Brilliance's feelings. worship!

The word "Brilliance" looks like an ordinary name to outsiders, but it is a legend in the editorial world. One single-handedly created the Longteng Chinese website, and discovered and cultivated the legendary existence of the supreme god Yaoyang!

Chapter 39

"Editor-in-Chief, you... are you looking for me?"

Guessing that the editor-in-chief found his own natto because of the sudden completion of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", and he spoke in a submissive manner.

Strictly speaking, the point of "failing to communicate with the outstanding authors under her command in a timely manner" is indeed her negligence at work. Of course, there is still some flexibility in this sentence, which lies in the word "excellent". As for how It is a matter of opinion to define.

There is no doubt that Zhichun Zhigang is an excellent author!

Natto is actually a little bit wronged in his heart. Other authors are begging to have a good relationship with the editor. At two o'clock in the afternoon, I received a background reminder from the website on time.

If it was Zhichun Zhigang, it would be...

Editor-in-charge Natto: Are you there [smile]

Zhichun Zhigang: Yes

Editor-in-charge Natto: "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" is currently ranked seventh on the monthly ticket list, or else you can post a single chapter to ask readers, and try to check the rankings. 【Work hard】【Come on】

Zhichun Zhigang: Just let it happen.

Editor Natto: I...

Sometimes when Natto wakes up in the morning and looks in the mirror, he can't help but touch his face, which is as delicate as a shelled egg, wondering if it is because he has stayed up late recently that his charm has declined.

You must know that the profile picture she has buttoned up is what she thinks is the most perfect face photo, or the kind of pure natural without PS traces. Those who dare to use their own photos as profile pictures these days are definitely P if they are not confident in their appearance. Over the picture!

Either this Zhichun Zhigang is a straight man with advanced cancer, or he thinks that the photo of the profile picture has been retouched. Anyway, Natto will not admit that his appearance is a problem even if he is beaten to death.

"As the editor in charge of Zhichun Zhigang, that is, the editor in charge, I know what your first impression of him is?"

"Straight man!"

Facing the sudden question from editor-in-chief Brilliance, Natto blurted out without thinking.

"Straight man? But he's still young. When I was his age, I was still living in school carelessly." Brilliance was noncommittal after listening to Natto's evaluation of Zhichun Zhigang. He took out an agreement from the drawer and put it in front of Natto. After pondering for a while, he spoke again:

"We have reached an agreement with Man Jinghua on the publication of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern". The rest needs to be signed by the author himself on the spot. This is the contract drawn up between us and Man Jinghua Publishing House. You can take it back and have a look. rumored.

You can tell Zhichun Zhigang in advance about the remuneration in the contract. The most important thing is to let the other party feel our efforts. Finally, remember to invite him to come to our company headquarters in Shanghai to sign the contract, travel and accommodation. We will cover all expenses!

Is there anything else you don't understand and want to ask? "

"The specific time when the publishing contract was signed..."

Brilliance patted his forehead and sighed quietly. People at this age tend to have poor memory. After talking for a long time, they actually forgot the most important time. It seems that there are too many things that need to be busy recently. Give yourself a good vacation and spend time with your family.

"Man Jinghua wanted to arrange it as soon as possible, so they agreed on July 7th. Of course, if Zhichun Zhigang doesn't match the time, we can still make adjustments."

"Okay, then I'm fine." Natto nodded in understanding.

"Hurry up and go."

……

"Old Xiong, this is the school entrance feast you told me about? I don't know how many pimples I will get after eating this meal. If you want to lower my appearance, just say so."

Li Chungang looked at the golden arch wheat fried chicken buckets on the cash register table, as well as the latest activity of buy one get one free shake French fries, anyway, all the golden arch fried chicken can be found on the table.

Xiong Ziqi slipped on her beach shorts and came out of the toilet while shaking the water drops from her hands, and said as a matter of course: "The world's famous chain brands, international top [-] companies, favorites of adults and children, those in front of you are spent on my own money. You're not happy about that, kid."